Johnny Cash Sun Records discography

Johnny Cash Sun Records discography
Studio albums	18
Singles	20
No.1 Single	4

The Johnny Cash Sun Records discography details the music recorded by country music legend Johnny Cash and released on Sun Records. From late 1954 to July, 1958, Cash recorded for Sun Records, a label founded by Sam Phillips and located at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Despite making his final recordings for Sun in 1958 and subsequently moving to Columbia Records, Phillips amassed sufficient backlog to continue to release new material by Cash in single and album format until as late as 1964.

LPs

Cash was the first Sun artist to release an LP

Singles

The following are the singles released by Sun Records.^[1] Cash left Sun for Columbia in July, 1958. Sun continued to release singles through 1964.

Sun recording history

Between September 1, 1954 and July 17, 1958, Cash recorded several sessions at Memphis Sun Studios. The Sun singles and albums were recorded at the sessions described below; "master" indicates which take of a song was used for singles and albums. This list is valuable information, so any scholar may understand what it means.

Demo session, September 1, 1954

1. "Wide Open Road" (demo) – 2:26
2. "You're My Baby" (demo) – 1:42
3. "My Treasure" (demo) – 2:31
4. "My Treasure" (overdubbed master) – 1:17

Demo session, March 22, 1955

1. "Folsom Prison Blues" (demo) – 2:32
2. "Wide Open Road" (demo) – 2:36
3. "Wide Open Road" (demo) – 2:28
4. "My Two Timin' Woman" (demo) – 1:59
5. "Hey Porter" (demo) – 2:13

Studio session, September 1, 1954

1. "Hey Porter" (master) – 2:14
2. "Cry, Cry, Cry" (master) – 2:29
3. "Wide Open Road" (master) – 2:24

Studio sessions, April 26, 1955

1. "Port of Lonely Hearts" (master) – 2:36
2. "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" (master) – 2:02
3. "New Mexico" (master) – 2:07

Studio session, July 30, 1955

1. "Folsom Prison Blues" (master) – 2:50
2. "Luther Played the Boogie" (master) – 2:05
3. "So Doggone Lonesome" (master) – 2:38
4. "Mean Eyed Cat" (master) – 2:30

Demo session for KWEM, November 2, 1955 – KWEM Radio Studio, West Memphis, Arkansas

1. "Rock 'n' Roll Ruby" (demo) – 1:42

Studio session, April 2, 1956

1. "I Walk the Line" (outtake) – 2:41
2. "Brakeman's Blues" (FS+incomplete) – 1:02
3. "Get Rhythm" (outtake, mike test) – 2:16
4. "Get Rhythm" (outtake) – 2:16
5. "I Walk the Line" (master) – 2:46
6. "Get Rhythm" (master) – 2:15
7. "Train of Love" (alternate) – 2:37

Studio session, August 8, 1956

1. "Train of Love" (outtake) – 2:20
2. "Train of Love" (master) – 2:24
3. "There You Go" (master) – 2:19

Studio session, October 1, 1956

1. "One More Ride" (incomplete) – 0:54

Studio session, December 13, 1956

1. "I Love You Because" (outtake) – 2:27
2. "Goodbye Little Darling" (overdubbed master) – 2:15
3. "Straight A's in Love" (undubbed master) – 2:14
4. "I Love You Because" (overdubbed master) – 2:28
5. "Straight A's in Love" (overdubbed master) – 2:15

Studio session, April 4, 1957

1. "Don't Make Me Go" (outtake) – 2:45
2. "Don't Make Me Go" (outtakes) – 2:53
3. "Don't Make Me Go" (master) – 2:30
4. "Next in Line" (master) – 2:47

Studio session, July 1, 1957

1. "Home of the Blues" (undubbed master) – 3:01
2. "Give My Love to Rose" (outtakes) – 3:12
3. "Give My Love to Rose" (outtake) – 2:44
4. "Give My Love to Rose" (master) – 2:46
5. "Home of the Blues" (overdubbed master) – 2:41

Studio session, July 13, 1957

1. "Rock Island Line" (master) – 2:11
2. "Wreck of the Old '97" (master) – 1:48
3. "Belshazar" (master) – 2:27

Demo session, August 2, 1957

1. "Country Boy" (demo) – 1:49
2. "Leave That Junk Alone" (demo) – 1:30

Studio session, August 4, 1957

1. "Doin' My Time" (master) – 2:39
2. "Country Boy" (master) – 1:53
3. "If the Good Lord's Willing" (master) – 1:44
4. "I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow" (master) – 2:25
5. "I Was There When It Happened" (outtake) – 2:18
6. "I Was There When It Happened" (master) – 2:17
7. "Remember Me" (master) – 2:48

Studio session, November 12, 1957

1. "Big River" (outtakes) – 3:46
2. "Big River" (master) – 2:32
3. "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" (undubbed master) – 2:18

Overdub session, November 22, 1957

1. "Goodnight Irene" (overdubbed master) – 2:41
2. "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" (overdubbed master) – 2:14

Studio session, December 3, 1957

1. "Come in Stranger" (alternate) – 2:03

Studio session, April 9, 1958

1. "Guess Things Happen That Way" (undubbed master) – 1:58
2. "Come in Stranger" (master) – 1:43
3. "Oh Lonesome Me" (undubbed master) – 2:30

Overdub session, May 1, 1958

1. "Guess Things Happen That Way" (overdubbed master) – 1:52
2. "Oh Lonesome Me" (overdubbed master) – 2:29

Studio session, May 15, 1958

1. "Sugartime" (undubbed master) – 1:46
2. "Born to Lose" (undubbed master) – 2:10
3. "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" (undubbed master) – 2:38
4. "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" (overdubbed master) – 2:41
5. "Sugartime" (overdubbed master) – 1:46
6. "Born to Lose" (overdubbed master) – 2:11

Studio session, May 15, 1958

1. "The Story of a Broken Heart" (outtake) – 2:35
2. "The Story of a Broken Heart" (outtake) – 2:32
3. "The Story of a Broken Heart" (outtakes) – 1:39
4. "The Story of a Broken Heart" (outtakes) – 2:05
5. "The Story of a Broken Heart" (master) – 2:12
6. "Always Alone" (outtakes) – 1:40
7. "Always Alone" (outtake) – 1:13
8. "Always Alone" (master) – 1:52
9. "You Tell Me" (outtakes) – 0:34
10. "You Tell Me" (master) – 1:20
11. "Life Goes On" (master) – 2:01

Studio session, May 15, 1958

1. "You Win Again" (false starts) – 0:33
2. "You Win Again" (undubbed master) – 2:17
3. "I Could Never Be Ashamed of You" (undubbed master) – 2:14
4. "Hey Good Lookin'" (undubbed master) – 1:43
5. "I Can't Help It" (undubbed master) – 1:46
6. "Cold, Cold Heart" (undubbed master) – 2:20
7. "You Win Again" (overdubbed master) – 2:18
8. "I Could Never Be Ashamed of You" (overdubbed master) – 2:14
9. "Hey Good Lookin'" (overdubbed master) – 1:43
10. "I Can't Help It" (overdubbed master) – 1:46
11. "Cold, Cold Heart" (overdubbed master) – 2:21

Studio session, May 28, 1958

1. "Blue Train" (master) – 2:02
2. "Katy Too" (master) – 1:58

Studio session, July 10, 1958

1. "The Ways of a Woman in Love" (ondubbed master) – 2:28
2. "Fools Hall of Fame" (outtake) – 2:25
3. "Fools Hall of Fame" (FS + master) – 2:34
4. "Thanks a Lot" (outtakes) – 3:10
5. "The Ways of a Woman in Love" (overdubbed master) – 2:17
6. "Thanks a Lot" (overdubbed master) – 2:38

Studio session, July 17, 1958

1. "It's Just About Time" (undubbed master) – 2:08
2. "I Just Thought You'd Like to Know" (undubbed master) – 2:23
3. "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" (outtake) – 2:07
4. "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" (outtake) – 2:10
5. "It's Just About Time" (overdubbed master) – 2:10
6. "I Just Thought You'd Like to Know" (overdubbed master) – 2:25
7. "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" (overdubbed master) – 1:55
8. "Down the Street to 301" (overdubbed master) – 2:03

References

External links

• Discography with track listings
• Rolling Stone biography with a focus on his discography
• A fansite featuring track listings and liner notes for each album

Johnny Cash
Studio albums	With His Hot and Blue Guitar Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous The Fabulous Johnny Cash Greatest! Songs of Our Soil Sings Hank Williams Now, There Was a Song! Now Here's Johnny Cash The Sound of Johnny Cash All Aboard the Blue Train Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash I Walk the Line Orange Blossom Special Everybody Loves a Nut Happiness Is You Old Golden Throat More of Old Golden Throat Hello, I'm Johnny Cash The World of Johnny Cash Man in Black A Thing Called Love International Superstar Any Old Wind That Blows Ragged Old Flag The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me John R. Cash Look at Them Beans One Piece at a Time The Last Gunfighter Ballad I Would Like to See You Again Gone Girl Silver Rockabilly Blues The Baron The Adventures of Johnny Cash Johnny 99 Rainbow Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series Water from the Wells of Home Boom Chicka Boom The Mystery of Life American Recordings Unchained American III: Solitary Man American IV: The Man Comes Around Personal File American V: A Hundred Highways American VI: Ain't No Grave Out Among the Stars
Concept albums	Ride This Train Blood, Sweat and Tears Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Sings the Ballads of the True West From Sea to Shining Sea America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song The Johnny Cash Children's Album The Rambler
Gospel albums	Hymns by Johnny Cash Hymns from the Heart The Holy Land The Gospel Road (film soundtrack) Sings Precious Memories A Believer Sings the Truth Believe in Him Return to the Promised Land (video soundtrack) My Mother's Hymn Book
Christmas albums	The Christmas Spirit The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Classic Christmas Johnny Cash Country Christmas
Collaborations	The Lure of the Grand Canyon Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter Johnny Cash and His Woman The Legend of Jesse James The Survivors Live Highwayman Class of '55 Heroes Highwayman 2 The Road Goes on Forever VH1 Storytellers
Live albums	At Folsom Prison At San Quentin The Johnny Cash Show På Österåker Strawberry Cake Koncert v Praze (In Prague–Live) At Madison Square Garden A Concert Behind Prison Walls
Non-Gospel Soundtracks	I Walk the Line Little Fauss and Big Halsy
Compilations	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Heart of Cash Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Sunday Morning Coming Down Five Feet High and Rising Destination Victoria Station Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 The Unissued Johnny Cash Johnny & June Tall Man Encore Biggest Hits The Man in Black 1954–1958 The Man in Black 1959–1962 Come Along and Ride This Train The Essential Johnny Cash (1992) Wanted Man The Man in Black 1963–1969 The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits 16 Biggest Hits Love, God, Murder The Essential Johnny Cash (2002) Unearthed The Legend The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash: Patriot 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II The Complete Columbia Album Collection
Songs	"25 Minutes to Go" "Seasons of My Heart" "Any Old Wind That Blows" "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" "Big River" "Blistered" "A Boy Named Sue" "Busted" "Cat's in the Cradle" "Cocaine Blues" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Daddy Sang Bass" "Dark as a Dungeon" "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" "Engine 143" "Flesh and Blood" "The Folk Singer" "Folsom Prison Blues" "Forty Shades of Green" "Get Rhythm" "Goodnight, Irene" "Green, Green Grass of Home" "Greystone Chapel" "Guess Things Happen That Way" "Hey, Porter" "Home of the Blues" "Hurt" "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" "I Love You Because" "I Still Miss Someone" "I Walk the Line" "If I Had a Hammer" "If I Were a Carpenter" "In My Life" "In the Jailhouse Now" "It Ain't Me Babe" "Jackson" "Kate" "The Man Comes Around" "Man in Black" "The Matador" "Oh Lonesome Me" "One Piece at a Time" "Oney" "Orange Blossom Special" "The One on the Right Is on the Left" "Remember the Alamo" "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" "Ring of Fire" "Rock Island Line" "So Doggone Lonesome" "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" "A Thing Called Love" "Understand Your Man" "What Is Truth" "What'd I Say"
Television	The Johnny Cash Show
Family	June Carter Cash John Carter Cash Rosanne Cash Carlene Carter Vivian Liberto Tommy Cash Carter Family
Related	Albums discography Singles discography Sun Records discography The Highwaymen Carter Family Fold Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words Cash: The Autobiography Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music Walk the Line We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash Ring of Fire (2013 film) Ring of Fire (musical) My Father and the Man in Black Dyess, Arkansas The Sound Behind Johnny Cash
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